Bridle bit



H. GARCIA ET AL BRIDLE BIT Aug. 19, 1947.

Filed April 15, 1946 Fig .3

INVENTQR. Henry Garcia BY Leslie Garcia v 42L. Affy Patented Aug. 19, 1947 ES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in bridle bits, and has particular reference to that type of bit which is placed in the mouth of a horse for the purpose of controlling the movement of the horse.

The principal object of this invention is to provide means for assembling the various parts of the bit.

A further object is to provide means whereby the side pieces of the bit may be constructed of laminated material and later assembled with the cross-bar of the bit.

A still further object is to produce a bit which is economical to manufacture yet one which will have the appearance of an expensive silver bit.

A further object is to provide a device wherein there is no danger of the animal having its mouth pinched through the pivotal action of the side plates with relation to the cross-bar.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a bit constructed in accordance with our invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the cross-bar showing one of the side-plates in cross-section and with one end of the bar in open position.

In the construction of bridle bits it has been common practice to form the sideplates out of a blank and to then attach the cross-bar by welding or by forming a horn that was curved to form an eye and the end welded, and as this required heat, only solid metal side-plates could be used.

We have, therefore, formed a cross-piece which can be attached to the side-plates without the use of heat; therefore, side plates can be used which are made of a base metal and coated with a relatively thin sheet of silver sweated thereto and upon which engraving may be placed.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of our invention, the numeral 5 desi nates the cross-bar of a bit having the usual roof of the mouth-engaging plate 6; however, inasmuch as these form no part of our invention, further comment will be unnecessary.

Our invention consists in splitting the ends of the cross-bar 5 so as to form ends having diverging L-shaped portions, as shown at 7 and 8 in Fig. 3, and to employ side-plates, as shown at 9 and H, made of a base metal upon which is soldered, or sweated, silver plates 12 and [3 respectively.

Each of these plates has an opening 14 formed therethrough so that one of the L-shaped ends 8 may be hooked through the hole and then the two L-shaped members may be pressed together, as shown at A in Fig. 3, thus completing the construction of the bit.

It will thus be seen that we have provided means for assembling the parts of a bit in a simple manner, and one wherein the parts will not be injured in the assembly; also, a bit that will have all of the appearance of an expensive bit, as well as a bit which causes no pinching of the horses mouth,

It will also thus be seen that we have produced a bit having all of the advantages as above set forth.

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

A horse bit comprising a bar and a pair of laminated side-plates, said side-plates having openings formed therethrough, and said bar having split L-shaped end portions, one of which is passed through said opening in said plate, the adjacent end of said L-shaped portion being in engagement with the other substantially as shown and described.

HENRY GARCIA. LESLIE GARCIA.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Heinzi Aug. 23, 1892 Number 

